(20-05-2014 05:06 PM)Jeremy E Walker Wrote: As some of you may be aware, I am a Christian. I and many other Christians point to the Holy Bible as one of the primary sources of knowledge regarding the God we worship.

I am aware that there may be individuals here who have objections to the contents of the Bible. For instance, some one here may object to the Bible's claim to be the word of God.

Some may object to the Bible's views on homosexuality.

These are just two examples.

In this thread I invite anyone who has an objection to the Bible to tell me what their single biggest objection is and if one particular objection is found to be more prevalent than others, I will attempt to address it.

Please state the objection and why it is your single biggest objection.

It's fiction.

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. ~Mark Twain

(20-05-2014 06:18 PM)rampant.a.i. Wrote: You were given a concise summary with linked support in the other thread you haven't bothered to even glance through.

You can't be bothered to watch a single video posted in this very thread.

Why would anyone waste time reposting it here for you, when you won't read it anyway?

Im not watching hours of youtube videos.

If you wanna do the whole video thing I could just post videos in response to videos.

If the Bible is so obviously fiction as some have claimed, and you all are so smart then what I ask should not be seen as unreasonable.

Try some proper English. It's "what I ask should not be seen as *reasonable*."
You go to college at all ? Sorry I insulted Biola with your name in the same sentence.
Stop asking your dishonest questions and START answering some.
Sorry if getting an education is too much for you ("hours of video"), but if an informed discussion is beyond you, and apparently it is, you may as well just STFU.
Troll.

Insufferable know-it-all. It is objectively immoral to kill innocent babies. Please stick to the guilty babies.

(20-05-2014 06:26 PM)LostandInsecure Wrote: That's a really hard choice. I don't have a problem with it being fiction. Most of the books I enjoy are either fiction or only based on true stories but not entirely accurate. I guess my biggest objection to the bible would be its promotion of violence (rape, pillaging, war, murder, sacrificing animals, child abuse etc.)
I definitely don't think it's acceptable reading for children.

Go with the abridged version:

Probably still not appropriate for children, but I'd give it a try. Is that a real book?

Swing with me a while, we can listen to the birds call, we can keep each other warm.
Swing with me forever, we can count up every flower, we can weather every storm.

I need irrefutable evidence that the bible isn't a work of fiction before I can revere it!

Unfortunately, not even a single person who's ever made the claim that the bible is the word of god has provided me with that irrefutable proof I need to believe the things it says! No matter how many times they're asked to do so!

I need irrefutable evidence that the bible isn't a work of fiction before I can revere it!

Unfortunately, not even a single person who's ever made the claim that the bible is the word of god has provided me with that irrefutable proof I need to believe the things it says! No matter how many times they're asked to do so!

yea.....you're just dying to believe the bible is the word of God....

you lie awake at night thinking about that one apologist who will find you and rescue you from your intellectual misgivings....

I need irrefutable evidence that the bible isn't a work of fiction before I can revere it!

Unfortunately, not even a single person who's ever made the claim that the bible is the word of god has provided me with that irrefutable proof I need to believe the things it says! No matter how many times they're asked to do so!

yea.....you're just dying to believe the bible is the word of God....

you lie awake at night thinking about that one apologist who will find you and rescue you from your intellectual misgivings....

I think there are meds for psychotic delusions.

Insufferable know-it-all. It is objectively immoral to kill innocent babies. Please stick to the guilty babies.